[PLUG] GIMP text editing help needed

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Fri Sep 10 19:48:19 UTC 2021


On Fri, 10 Sep 2021, Ken Stephens wrote:

> If the text is on the background layer, it probably is not text anymore.
> It is just pixels. If you want to change its size you need the scale
> operation. If you want to change its color use the fill command. Text is
> usually input on its own layer and then later the image is flattened to
> one layer which then loses all its smarts.

Ken,

I doubt the text is on a background layer. It was added to the background
image and is selected in the layers box. I find no way to set it to the
front; the only options I find for movement is 'merge down.'

All layers are separate, not flattened.

Thanks,

Rich



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